Use HTMLElement static methods with string-id as first parameter about base2 HOT 12 CLOSED

Let me think about it... :-)

I'm still not sure about this. I have added some sugar to other static methods 
so
there is a precedent. If I do add it then how about allowing a CSS selector 
instead
of an ID?

e.g. HTMLElement.addClass("body", "enabled");
or   HTMLElement.addClass("#content", "enabled");

Thoughts?

CSS selector seems better. Makes you almost wish for a css literal (like there 
is a regex literal). Which "other 
static methods" are you talking about?

Maybe when I've played with JST, I have more thoughts ;-)

> Which "other static methods" are you talking about?

EventTarget.addEventListener() allows you to change the context of an event 
handler.
I'm thinking of getting rid of this though.

Maybe it's an idea to create some seperate helper functions instead of classes?

I think that might be the way to go. We can also add "$" etc which people seem 
to
like. I'm thinking of putting all the sugar in JSB. I'd prefer base2.DOM to only
add/fix standards support.

Are you actually planning XML DOM support?

What kind of XML DOM support?

I'm busy with an WebDavFileSystem. I use XmlHttpRequest for that. And the 
xmlResponse object is not really 
consistent across browsers. I haven't used the methods, but "localName" is not 
implemented by IE6, and the 
nodeType-constants are not implemented by Safari2, IE6 and Opera9. Further, 
some properties return null in 
one browser, undefined in the other and an emtpy string in the third 
(nodeValue, prefix, namespaceURI).

But I don't like XML querying, so I'm actually writing a xml2js converter. 
First one following the Parker-
convention, and later maybe one with BadgerFish convention.

If you are talking about the XmlHttpRequest object then I do intend to fix 
that. Want
to make a start?

I'm closing this bug. I don't want these kinds of shortcuts in base2.DOM. 
Standards only.

I'm hoping that JSB will provide the sugar on top of base2.DOM.